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re: just canceled my cable and ordered Roku
Posted on 2/22/12 at 9:31 pm to La Place Mike
Posted on 2/22/12 at 9:31 pm to La Place Mike
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How does this Roku thing work?
Plug it in, click what you want, watch it. I have one, it's pretty awesome
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Posted on 2/22/12 at 9:44 pm to Supravol22
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Supravol22
what are the apps i should get?
Posted on 2/22/12 at 10:50 pm to Archie Bengal Bunker
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how do you watch LSU games, local news,
Over the air channels [antenna] + espn3
This
Or get social and go watch with friends or at a local bar. It's what I do.
I think Roku must be better than Appletv. I was at a friend's house that had appletv and he couldn't watch any episodes of the wire with it, even trying to use airplay with his iphone and HBO go app. I don't think appletv has HBO GO, which seems weird to me if iphones and ipads have it.
Posted on 2/22/12 at 11:15 pm to Josh Fenderman
i watched a review of apple tv on youtube and the guy was saying appletv was more for showing home videos and pictures... and roku is more for media
Posted on 2/22/12 at 11:39 pm to Signal Soldier
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Well you realize you can do all of that on the PS3 already
Since when can you watch HBOGO on a PS3?
Posted on 2/23/12 at 12:06 am to SPEEDY
quote:ps3 has had it for awhile.
Since when can you watch HBOGO on a PS3?
I'm still waiting for xbox to get the hbogo app
Posted on 2/23/12 at 12:08 am to BayouBengal504
I mostly use Netflix but there's alot of cool ones. HBO Go is a must
Posted on 2/23/12 at 12:24 am to JBeam
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ps3 has had it for awhile.
For real?
Link? I can't find anything about it
This post was edited on 2/23/12 at 12:26 am
Posted on 2/23/12 at 8:36 am to Signal Soldier
I did the same thing to a certain extent. I signed up for Dish network and did a cheap package with them but rather than pay an extra ~$20 a month for 2 receivers I chose to buy the cheap $50 roku boxes and put them in to my bedroom and office. I wanted to be able to keep all my gaming systems down stairs on the big tv and the place where they would get the most use, instead of spreading them throughout the house. I love my roku boxes and if I feel like watching some local channels, I have a cable hooked to the TV's. With having cable internet, you pretty much get basic cable with no problems, I get all the local channels in HD and don't have any sort of antenna hooked up or anything.
Posted on 2/23/12 at 9:12 am to BayouBengal504
Can this Roku box replace my Cox DVR that I pay a monthly fee for? Does it record shows? Maybe its not what I'm thinking.
Posted on 2/23/12 at 9:40 am to BayouBengal504
I'm wondering whether to get this or a PS3 and have it for video games as well
Posted on 2/23/12 at 9:41 am to josh336
Ok I'm starting to get the gist of this thing. Basically, you ditch the cable and just keep internet, then stream shows/movies through the Roku with whatever services you subsrcibe to (hulu, netflix, etc), right?
What about live sports on ESPN or shows on the major 4 networks, are you not able to do that anymore? I understand that with the huluplus you can watch them (network shows) the next day, but can you watch anything on there live?
What about live sports on ESPN or shows on the major 4 networks, are you not able to do that anymore? I understand that with the huluplus you can watch them (network shows) the next day, but can you watch anything on there live?
Posted on 2/23/12 at 9:48 am to josh336
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Can this Roku box replace my Cox DVR that I pay a monthly fee for? Does it record shows? Maybe its not what I'm thinking.
No you can't use this as a dvr
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What about live sports on ESPN or shows on the major 4 networks, are you not able to do that anymore? I understand that with the huluplus you can watch them (network shows) the next day, but can you watch anything on there live?
you can't watch those on here either, there is no "live" tv. However you can run a cable (if you have cable tv) straight to the TV to pick up local channels or get an HD antenna to help out to receive local channels. ESPN would probably not be included in that, but for me personally that's why I have a cheap dish subscription (like $35) that lets me watch sports + things the wife wants to watch.
Posted on 2/23/12 at 9:54 am to BayouBengal504
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I watched a review of apple tv on youtube and the guy was saying appletv was more for showing home videos and pictures... and roku is more for media
If you get an appletv and jailbreak it, you can watch any tv show you want no matter what network. New episodes updated every night for current shows. Also has movies.
No subscription needed.
I keep my netflix subscription so I can watch on my phone when I'm away from home.
Posted on 2/23/12 at 10:12 am to BayouBengal504
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what are the other must have apps on the Roku 2 XS?
you can link your amazon account to the roku as well. the wife and I have amazon prime. so we can watch the 'free' shows and/or easily rent a movie/tv show like pay per view also.
Posted on 2/23/12 at 10:42 am to LSUCurly
Jailbreak apple tv and install xbmc with navi-x and icefilms plugins = more contents than netflix and hulu plus and its free. Lol.
Posted on 2/23/12 at 11:01 am to Tiger Vision
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Jailbreak apple tv and install xbmc with navi-x and icefilms plugins = more contents than netflix and hulu plus and its free. Lol.
I do this, but the only problem is when you lose a stream, you have to start over, and the fast forward sucks.
Still pretty sweet though.
Posted on 2/23/12 at 1:05 pm to BayouBengal504
I'd do something similar, but I have a feeling I'd get a phone call every time I went somewhere asking me how to do something.
I live next to my parents so my next choice is to bury a cable from their house and get them to get another box, and then add a wireless booster to their home. Would save me roughly $150/month.
I live next to my parents so my next choice is to bury a cable from their house and get them to get another box, and then add a wireless booster to their home. Would save me roughly $150/month.
Posted on 2/23/12 at 1:19 pm to Slickback
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Would save me roughly $150/month.
That's $1800 per year. Some serious coin dude!
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